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Workaround for when Sent Items No Longer Appear in the Sent Items Folder in Outlook

Occasionally, sent items will stop appearing in the Sent items folder in Outlook. This article provides a step-by-step guide on how to enable saving sent items in Outlook.

Enable Saving Sent Items

Note: This feature is not supported on Mac systems

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Step 1: Log into your mailbox in Outlook.

Step 2: Click on File > Options > Mail.

Click on file options mail

Step 3: Uncheck (remove tick from) the Save copies of messages in Save Items folder, then click OK.

Uncheck Save copies of messages in Save Items folder

Step 4: Click on File again then Exit to close Outlook.

Click on File again then Exit to close Outlook.

Step 5: Restart Outlook again.

Step 6: Click on File > Options > Mail.

Click on file options mail

Step 7: Check (tick) the Save copies of messages in Sent Items folder box, then click OK.

Check (tick) the Save copies of messages in Sent Items folder box, then click OK.